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I wouldn't really call Six Shooter or Mosquito Song experimental. They certainly fit in with stuff they'd done previously, whilst I thought Era Vulgaris seemed to deviate a little more from what they'd done previously. The new songs for me really harken back to Rated R/Songs for the Deaf for me, which is exactly what I want.

Also, only those two?? I'm not a big fan of Suture Up Your Future, but the rest of the tracks range from good to great.

This is a bit cheating, posting a videogame song here but screw it. Whenever I terraform the maps in Simcity 4, this beautiful piece of soundtrack shows up and I always wonder why people would prefer the 3000 soundtrack more

Was pleasantly surprised to find this decent live recording of Yura Yura Teikoku! This particular song is perhaps best known as the soundtrack of the divisive from a critic's point of view - but certainly highly entertaining - Sion Sono film 愛のむきだし (Love Exposure).

"He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to
the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free". ~ Luke 4:18

Initial impressions are disappointment (though I think I was prepared for that after some of the initial reviews).

There's nothing particularly bad about it, pleasant enough, but not really what I'm after from a Daft Punk album. Comparing the first 5 tracks of this, meandering along like pleasant electronic lift music, to the kick in the arse of the first five tracks of Discovery can only lead to disappointment. It's unexpected to say the least that the best thing on it so far has been the Julian Casablancas collaboration.

Hopefully picks up in the second half and I'll need to give it another couple of listens to properly judge it, I don't know if I'm unconsciously being unfair because of the hype.

Thanks for reminding me why Spiritualized are on my mental "must get around to investigating further" list.

In more "new" news the National's latest Trouble Will Find Me is now streaming on iTunes (seems to be a thing now, Daft Punk and Vampire Weekend both did it). After the disappointment of Daft Punk it's a pleasure to hear the National delivering what they are good at. As the archetypal makers of albums that "grow" I'm not going to judge for certain where it sits with their other albums (gut instinct is on par with High Violet and Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers but slightly below Alligator and Boxer), but funnily enough I'm liking it straight away, perhaps because the band has grown on me so much their songs no longer need time to bed in.